- You can record all your mileage in QuickBooks.…In an earlier chapter, we set up our vehicle,…so now let's start adding in mileage.…But before we do that, there's one thing that we need to do…if we want to charge customers to reimburse…ourselves for the mileage.…We have to set up an item in service as mileage.…In the company section on the home screen,…click Items & Services, scroll to the very bottom…and click Item and then select New.…To make a mileage item, it could either be a service…or an other charge, it's up to you.…

For example, you could use it as a flat delivery fee.…In this case, I'm going to call it Mileage.…You can either put in the current rate…or leave it blank to put it in every time.…In this case, I'll put in the current rates.…Choose an account for it, then click the blue OK button.…Close out of this screen, and now let's input our mileage.…To do that, select Company from the top menu…and choose Enter Vehicle Mileage.…

The first thing you need to do is choose a vehicle…from the dropdown list, put in the date of the actual event,…

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11/10/2014

Learn how to manage the finances for your business with the Windows version of the powerful QuickBooks Pro accounting software. In these fast-paced tutorials, Jess Stratton shows how to create and back up your company's file and quickly set up shop—adding your banking information, credit cards, and historical data to the chart of accounts. You'll also learn how to set up your customers, vendors, employees, and inventory items. Jess then takes you through the day-to-day operations that keep your business running: creating estimates, invoices, and sales receipts; processing payments; recording deposits; and printing checks. Plus, learn how to run reports; find data about your business; and close the books, with end-of-year preparations.